Category: HUB News

  • Firefighters complete training at academy

    The Monmouth County Fire Academy graduated 31 volunteers from its Firefighter I class on Dec. 11. Twenty-five other Firefighter I volunteers were graduated on Dec. 3. The fire academy is on Route 33, Howell. According to a press release from the county, the firefighters attended weekend classes beginning in September and have logged 135 hours…

  • Girl Scout cookies are coming!

    Thin Mints, Dosidos, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Samoas and all your other favorites are back and ready to be delivered to your home. Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts is taking orders and planning booth sales to make sure that these delicious cookies are available to all that want them. This year a new cookie has been added…

  • At least 10 will try for freeholder’s opening seat

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A special election to fill Freeholder Amy Handlin’s open position won’t be happening anytime soon. According to Fred Neimann, Monmouth County Republican Committee chairman, the election will definitely not occur in January, but most likely “sometime in late winter or early spring.”…

  • Beck readies Assembly bill to repeal S-1701

    Assemblywoman-elect says schools can BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Red Bank RED BANK — Jennifer Beck, Red Bank councilwoman and state Assemblywoman-elect, is currently drafting legislation that would repeal the controversial law that imposes spending caps on school budgets. The law was put in place by the state in July 2004.…

  • Police academy graduates ready to join local depts.

    FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Police Academy on Dec. 12 graduated 31 recruits, many of whom will go on to serve as police officers, park rangers and sheriff’s officers. The graduating class, three of whom paid their own way through the academy and do not have promises of employment, trained for nearly 750 hours over…

  • Planners set Jan. 12 for bank hearing

    Residents say application will bring traffic, noise to Queen Anne Drive BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY — A hearing before the Planning Board on an application for a bank on Route 35 south and Queen Ann Drive has been rescheduled for Jan. 12. The application by JPMorgan Chase Bank is…

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    PAT HICKEY Children join in caroling at a community sing held outside the former home of Felix Molzer on Cross Street in Little Silver last Saturday. The neighborhood event was a tribute to Molzer and benefited the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, which was founded by Molzer, who died in August.

  • O’port Council approves RCA with Lakewood

    Boro will transfer four affordable housing units at $35K each BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The Oceanport Council approved four regional contribution agreements (RCA) with Lakewood last week to comply with the borough’s affordable housing plan. The council unanimously adopted a resolution at the Dec. 15 municipal meeting that…

  • Zoners extend BLT approvals for one year

    Developers say lawsuit, water supply require more time BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Red Bank RED BANK — Approvals for a development at Monmouth and West streets have been extended for one year by the borough Zoning Board of Adjustment. The extensions were granted because of ongoing litigation and concerns about…